| ITSYOU | Compliment heard in the dress department |
| HOUND | Rufus - - -, actor-comedian who plays Dad in the current RSC production of The Boy In The Dress at Stratford-upon-Avon (5) |
| MOSS | Model Kate, seen in Zoolander 2, The Boy In The Dress etc (4) |
| WEATHER | An article in the dress - it's the climate (7) |
| MOTHERTOBE | Girl in club's second tango in the dress |
| WALLIAMS | David _, actor and author of children's books including 2008's The Boy In The Dress (8) |
| TRYITON | Attempt something risky in the dress shop? |
| GARBO | She sought solitude in the dress-circle (5) |
| STYLE | A look in the dress shop (5) |
| SISAL | In the dress is a long kind of fibre (5) |
| RAG | In the dress trade, but not all the rage |
| SATIN | The dress of the woman in the chair is! (5) |
| QUANT | Mary ____ was the first winner of the Dress of the Year award, in 1963 |
| HAPPYBIRTHDAY | The most expensive item of clothing ever sold at auction was the dress Marilyn Monroe wore while singing this sentiment to JFK in 1962; it sold for $4.8 million in 2016 |
| THEATRE | Tear the dress in the gate (7) |
| GINGHAM | Which pattern features on the dress worn by Judy Garland's Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz? (7) |
| PREPPY | Describing the dress of those at or from expensive schools in the U.S. (6) |
| MAGNUSCARLSEN | The world's top chess player since 2011, he quit a tournament in New York City on Dec.27 after being told his blue jeans violated the dress code; he and his jeans returned when officials relented |
| TRAVOLTA | Name given to the dress Diana, Princess of Wales wore when she danced with its namesake at the White House in 1985 (8) |
| TRAIN | Point at the back of the dress (5) |
